JANUARY 2021


Date of Issue: 2 Jun 2021


KEY FACTS:
  • 61 people have been seriously injured on South Australian roads during 2021, compared with 61 during 2020.


  • 61 people have been seriously injured in JANUARY 2021.


  • 48 serious injuries were males and 13 were females.


  • 28 were vehicle occupants, 19 were motorcycle riders, 10 were bicycle or e-scooter riders and 4 were pedestrians.


  • In JANUARY 2021, there were 13 serious injuries in the country and 48 in Adelaide.


  • Of the 54 serious injury crashes in JANUARY 2021, 24 involved a single vehicle and 30 involved more than one vehicle.

  • 50 crashes involved a single serious injury and 4 involved multiple serious injuries.



Serious Injuries - 2018 to 2021

5 Year Average 2018 2019 2020 2021
(2016 - 2020)
Month
January5442546161
February49374974
March72608272
April55595240
May58427243
June54486447
July55446063
August58588249
September55576852
October58437558
November56348579
December63529077
Total687576833715




 

Serious Injuries - 2020/2021 Comparison

JANUARY
2020
Year to Date
2020
JANUARY
2021
Year to Date
2021
Road User
Driver29292424
Passenger111144
Motorcyclist14141818
Pillion Passenger--11
Bicyclist441010
Pedestrian3344
Total61616161
Age
0-151133
16-195533
20-247799
25-295588
30-398877
40-49661313
50-59131388
60-697788
70+9922
Not known----
Total61616161
Sex
Male35354848
Female26261313
Unknown----
Total61616161
Location
Adelaide40404848
Country21211313
Total61616161



Serious Injuries - 2021 Year to Date

Driver Pass-
enger
Motor-
cyclist
Pillion
Passenger
Bicy-
clist
Pedes-
trian
Total
Ages
0-15-1---23
16-191-2---3
20-2451111-9
25-293-4-1-8
30-393-3-1-7
40-49614-2-13
50-592-3-218
60-69311-3-8
70+1----12
Unknown-------
Total24418110461
Sex
Male1521819348
Female92--1113
Total24418110461
Location
Adelaide1821519348
Country623-1113
Total24418110461

 

Serious Injury Crashes - 2020/2021 Comparison

JANUARY
2020
Year to Date
2020
JANUARY
2021
Year to Date
2021
Location
Adelaide33334444
Country16161010
Total49495454
Vehicles
Single Vehicle23232424
Multiple Vehicles26263030
Total49495454
Serious Injury Crashes
Single Injury41415050
Multiple Injuries8844
Total49495454
Vehicles Type Involved
Articulated Truck1122
Rigid Truck2211
Bus22--
Utility881111
Car48484242
Motorcycle14142121
Bicycle441111
Total Vehicles Involved79798888



Serious Injury Crashes - 2021 Year to Date

Adelaide Country Total
Vehicles
Single Vehicle19524
Multiple Vehicles25530
Total441054
Serious Injury Crashes
Single Injury42850
Multiple Injuries224
Total441054




Explanatory Notes
  1. Figures relating to the current year are provisional and are subject to revision when detailed Crash Reports are finalised.
  2. Enquiries regarding these statistics or related publications should be directed to DIT.RoadCrashData@sa.gov.au
  1. A road serious injury occurs if a road crash results in the hospitalisation, but not death, within 30 days, of any person involved in the crash.
  2. A serious injury crash is any road crash which results in one or more serious injuries.
  3. In this publication, "Adelaide" refers to the Greater Adelaide Statistical Division.


Report also available on the TZT website - http://www.towardszerotogether.sa.gov.au/road_crash_facts